Baila Love, Online Managing Editor
• March 13, 2025
This year, our Editor-in-Chiefs here at Free State Journalism have worked hard to make our publication as amazing as possible. To find out which one of our lovely leaders you are, take the quiz below!
Coming up on his final year in high school, junior Alex Kerr is running for a spot on Lawrence City Commission. Since a child, Kerr has been interested in politics and now looks forward to possibly breaking...
Phoebe Morris, News Editor-in-Chief
• March 11, 2025
Editor's Note: Names are made up for the safety of students with fake IDs
With a quick flash of a false identification card, minors nationwide can enter the college party scene. According to a study by...
Ember Klein, Online Editor-in-Chief
• March 11, 2025
On Feb. 14, Haskell cross country coach Clay Mayes walked into a meeting with Haskell athletic director Zach Wilkerson not knowing what to expect. He walked out of the meeting unemployed and worried about...
Baila Love, Online Managing Editor
• March 11, 2025
February was a busy month in the music scene, with a myriad of notable releases. It was hard to narrow it down to just 8 songs, but after a couple weeks of reflecting over what February had to offer, this...
Editor's Note: The first protest took place on Feb. 23, and has continued weekly. There is no definite end date.
On March 2, approximately 200 individuals gathered at the intersection of Ninth and Massachusetts...
Harley Quill
According to The University Daily Kansan, in Dec. 2008, a former Free State student, Judson King, successfully petitioned the
city to legalize the ownership of hedgehogs. Because of...
On Feb. 21 Jeanice Kerr Swift was named the permanent superintendent—pending official board approval—of USD 497 after over six months of serving as the interim superintendent, following Anthony Lewis’s...
Phoebe Morris, News Editor-in-Chief
• February 13, 2025
On Feb. 8, Prairie Park Elementary School speech and language pathologist Mark Gridley was reported of possible sexual assault allegations by two elementary schoolers according to the Lawrence Police Department.
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The Super Bowl — America’s most anticipated sporting event — all comes to a showdown for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. The stakes were high for Super Bowl LVIX as the match between the Philadelphia...
